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What's happening in Toronto is heartbreaking...

23 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this personal testimony, the speaker recounts volunteering with an "out of the cold" program that provided meals to people experiencing homelessness in Toronto. They observe that many of those they served had previously owned homes, businesses, and families, but fell into homelessness after a mental health crisis that the system failed to address. The speaker argues that early treatment and care for individuals undergoing such crises could prevent them from becoming homeless, highlighting a systemic gap in mental health support as a key factor in homelessness.

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But I could tell you this, that I used to do out of the cold program and we used to feed meals and to, to those who were homeless. And what's, what's interesting and sad is that many of these people had businesses, they had families, they owned a home, and they had a crisis, a mental health crisis of which obviously the system could not treat or, or they would've been back on their feet again. So that's, That's anecdotal, uh, but that's part, part of the problem. Uh, if you can take that segment of society who have a crisis and get early treatment and care, you might be able to save their situation and they won't be on the street.